The purpose of this study is to evaluate strategies to prevent Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections in soldiers during infantry training.

This study will be conducted on three different bases among groups of male recruits to IDF training base. They will provide nasal swabs to detect Staphylococcus aureus carriage in two time points: 1. before mixing and training in confined settings, reflecting carriage acquired before entering 2. After 14-30 days. All soldiers will be under surveillance for skin infection until the end of the training program.

the population of the study will be selected from infantry training bases in the IDF

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

new recruit for a combat training unit

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01385514